Diablo 4 will cap Sacred and Ancestral item level requirements from Season 1

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Diablo 4 Season 1 will be introducing level requirement caps for certain items.

As Diablo 4 associate game director Joe Piepiora revealed in an interview with German outlet GameStar, Season 1 will be capping the required level for specific items. Sacred items will be capped at level 60, while Ancestral items will have a level requirement cap of 80.

This is a little bit confusing at first. What Piepiora's getting at here is that you'll basically never find a Sacred item with a level requirement of higher than 60, or an Ancestral item that demands your character be higher than level 80 in order to wield. 

It might seem like a bit of a silly feature at first, but it's quietly great news. Once you hit level 100 with a Rogue for example, you'll only typically find level 100 items, meaning that your level 60 Barbarian alt can't obtain and wield any Barbarian-specific items you find while playing your Rogue. 

The new change means if your Rogue finds a Sacred Barbarian item, your level 60 Barbarian will finally be able to wield it, because it'll be capped at a level requirement of 60. This means it'll be easier to obtain endgame-level gear for your side characters in Diablo 4.

We're now just a few days from Diablo 4's debut season kicking off, as it'll be launching around the world later this week on July 20. With this news, we're already guaranteed a great new introduction, on top of new story missions and an entire Battle Pass to level up and complete.

For more on how exactly the Battle Pass will function, you can head over to our Diablo 4 Battle Pass guide for a full explainer. 

Hirun Cryer

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.

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